Urban Suburban and Rural Kelly Hong Teacher Notes

Urban, Suburban, and Rural Kelly Hong

Teacher Notes • Objective: The student understands how physical characteristics of places and regions affect people's activities and settlement patterns. The student is expected to: identify the characteristics of different communities, including urban, suburban, and rural, and how they affect activities and settlement patterns. • Use the graphic organizer on slide 8 for this lesson. • Identify the type of community on each slide (urban, suburban, or rural) and it’s physical and human characteristics. • Brainpop Jr Has a great video that introduces Urban, Suburban, and Rural. The website also has other good resources for the subject. You can sign up for a free trial if you are not a member.

Types of communities Urban: a community where the building, stores, cars and people live close together. Rural: a community that is very spread out and has a lot of land for farms. Suburban: a community near a city, where the buildings and people are more spread out than a city.

Urban, Suburban, or Rural? • On the next slides use the graphic organizer to identify the types of community and their physical and human characteristics. • Physical Characteristics: buildings, geography, landscaping, etc. • Human Characteristics: jobs, attire, recreation, etc.

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